Arie Amaya-Akkermans
@dilmunite.bsky.social
The archaeological imagination, Art, the Eastern Mediterranean, ASEAN, Oceania, mobilities, time. Currently: Nicosia, Cyprus.
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"Syria is still in ruins. In every city and village I have visited this last 10 days, people were living in skeletal buildings gutted by war. But for all the new Syria's problems, it feels much lighter without the crushing, cruel weight of the Assads."
#syria
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Syria without Assad is lighter - but now there are new problems
One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Syria is still in ruins. In every city and village I have visited this last 10 days, people were living in skeletal buildings gutted by war. But for all the new Syria's problems, it feels much lighter without the crushing, cruel weight of the Assads."
#syria
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#syria
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"Participants believe the practice of torching the devil helps banish bad spirits from their homes and neighborhoods. The custom began in the 16th century, but has spread out from various towns since the 1990s to become popular nationwide."
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Guatemalans burn Trump effigies to scatter evil spirits
Revellers in Guatemala set ablaze cardboard representations of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wearing devil horns during a traditional ceremony, "La Quema del Diablo", or the Burning of the Devil, ...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Participants believe the practice of torching the devil helps banish bad spirits from their homes and neighborhoods. The custom began in the 16th century, but has spread out from various towns since the 1990s to become popular nationwide."
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For the third year in a row, a coalition of Miami artists and activists met on the busy Saturday of Art Basel to protest the event’s ties to the genocide in Gaza.
Miami Artist Group Calls for Art Basel 2026 Boycott
Protesters outside the Miami Beach Convention Center cited fair supporter UBS’s investments in Israeli weapon manufacturing as well as the event’s impact on the local ecosystem.
hyperallergic.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For the third year in a row, a coalition of Miami artists and activists met on the busy Saturday of Art Basel to protest the event’s ties to the genocide in Gaza.
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Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews “Hope Without Hope” by Matt Broomfield — a deep dive into Rojava’s revolution, failure, and hope.
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#Rojava #Revolution #Hope #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview
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#Rojava #Revolution #Hope #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview
Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment
Matt Broomfield's new book explores the history of the Rojava revolution in Syrian Kurdistan as a model for global liberation movements.
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July 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews “Hope Without Hope” by Matt Broomfield — a deep dive into Rojava’s revolution, failure, and hope.
📘 Published by @akpress.org
🔗 bit.ly/hope-without-...
#Rojava #Revolution #Hope #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview
📘 Published by @akpress.org
🔗 bit.ly/hope-without-...
#Rojava #Revolution #Hope #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview
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"In a context where the threat of violence is constantly actualized and the historical archive is an extension of the present, these works ask us to reconsider how we document, remember & understand the past.” @dilmunite.bsky.social on an exhibit on Lebanon's civil war for DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
50 Years of Déjà-Vu: Archiving the Gaps of Lebanon’s Unresolved Conflict
The events of April 13, 1975—commonly referred to as the Beirut Bus Massacre—marked the start of brief but deadly armed clashes between Christian Phalangist and Palestinian militants. The
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July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"In a context where the threat of violence is constantly actualized and the historical archive is an extension of the present, these works ask us to reconsider how we document, remember & understand the past.” @dilmunite.bsky.social on an exhibit on Lebanon's civil war for DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
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"The war in Lebanon is often spoken of as if it ended or was a closed chapter, but as the exhibition suggests, it never truly did," Ayman Nahle, curator of Beirut exhibition '50 Years of Deja-Vu', tells Arie Amaya-Akkermans.
@dilmunite.bsky.social's exhibition review, for DAWN's Democracy in Exile:
@dilmunite.bsky.social's exhibition review, for DAWN's Democracy in Exile:
50 Years of Déjà-Vu: Archiving the Gaps of Lebanon’s Unresolved Conflict
The events of April 13, 1975—commonly referred to as the Beirut Bus Massacre—marked the start of brief but deadly armed clashes between Christian Phalangist and Palestinian militants. The
dawnmena.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"The war in Lebanon is often spoken of as if it ended or was a closed chapter, but as the exhibition suggests, it never truly did," Ayman Nahle, curator of Beirut exhibition '50 Years of Deja-Vu', tells Arie Amaya-Akkermans.
@dilmunite.bsky.social's exhibition review, for DAWN's Democracy in Exile:
@dilmunite.bsky.social's exhibition review, for DAWN's Democracy in Exile:
My latest long-read for @markaz-review.bsky.social "Syria and the Future of Art", I spent a few months talking to people in Syria & Syrian diaspora & to a migration scholar & looking at data, to understand what happened to art (and archaeology) after the fall of the Assad regime.
Syria and the Future of Art: an Intimate Portrait
Following the banishment of Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian artists are starting to return and exhibit new work at home and internationally.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
My latest long-read for @markaz-review.bsky.social "Syria and the Future of Art", I spent a few months talking to people in Syria & Syrian diaspora & to a migration scholar & looking at data, to understand what happened to art (and archaeology) after the fall of the Assad regime.
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"The memory of the Lebanese civil war today does not operate in isolation; it echoes and intersects with the devastating realities unfolding around us."
Arie Amayya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews the Beirut exhibition "50 Years of Deja-Vu", in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Arie Amayya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews the Beirut exhibition "50 Years of Deja-Vu", in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
50 Years of Déjà-Vu: Archiving the Gaps of Lebanon’s Unresolved Conflict
The events of April 13, 1975—commonly referred to as the Beirut Bus Massacre—marked the start of brief but deadly armed clashes between Christian Phalangist and Palestinian militants. The
dawnmena.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"The memory of the Lebanese civil war today does not operate in isolation; it echoes and intersects with the devastating realities unfolding around us."
Arie Amayya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews the Beirut exhibition "50 Years of Deja-Vu", in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Arie Amayya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews the Beirut exhibition "50 Years of Deja-Vu", in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
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Cyprus approves €50,000 emergency aid for victims of Damascus church attack
Cyprus approves €50,000 emergency aid for victims of Damascus church attack
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June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Cyprus approves €50,000 emergency aid for victims of Damascus church attack
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"His practice interrogated the metaphysical dimensions of violence—what it means to endure it, witness it and survive its memory."
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's exhibit "Echoes of War” for DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's exhibit "Echoes of War” for DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Nabil Kanso’s “Echoes of War:” Remember Past Middle East Injustice
At the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, the exhibition “Echoes of War” presents the lifework of an artist who received only fragmented attention in life. Despite a prolific ...
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June 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"His practice interrogated the metaphysical dimensions of violence—what it means to endure it, witness it and survive its memory."
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's exhibit "Echoes of War” for DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) reviews Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's exhibit "Echoes of War” for DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
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"After decades of pieces depicting the horrors of war, suffering and autocracy in the Middle East, Kanso’s work is finally coming to life."
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) discusses Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's latest exhibit, "Echoes of War," in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) discusses Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's latest exhibit, "Echoes of War," in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
“Echoes of War:” Remember Past Middle East Injustice Author: Arie Amaya-Akkermans
At the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, the exhibition “Echoes of War” presents the lifework of an artist who received only fragmented attention in life. Despite a prolific ...
dawnmena.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"After decades of pieces depicting the horrors of war, suffering and autocracy in the Middle East, Kanso’s work is finally coming to life."
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) discusses Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's latest exhibit, "Echoes of War," in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
Arie Amaya-Akkermans (@dilmunite.bsky.social) discusses Lebanese-American artist Nabil Kanso's latest exhibit, "Echoes of War," in DAWN's Democracy in Exile.
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"Kyrnus, revere and fear the gods. For this restrains a man
From doing or saying anything sinful.
Put a people-eating tyrant to rest however you want—
No criticism will come from the gods for that.”
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From doing or saying anything sinful.
Put a people-eating tyrant to rest however you want—
No criticism will come from the gods for that.”
open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...
People-Eating Kings
Metaphors and Civil Strife in the Iliad
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June 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Kyrnus, revere and fear the gods. For this restrains a man
From doing or saying anything sinful.
Put a people-eating tyrant to rest however you want—
No criticism will come from the gods for that.”
open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...
From doing or saying anything sinful.
Put a people-eating tyrant to rest however you want—
No criticism will come from the gods for that.”
open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...
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Dozens of people are shot dead *every day* in "Gaza Humanitarian Fund" aid distribution centres. People desperate to feed their families, shot dead in the chaos and panic that inevitably surrounds these sites.
Israel has created a real version of "the hunger games".
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Israel has created a real version of "the hunger games".
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June 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dozens of people are shot dead *every day* in "Gaza Humanitarian Fund" aid distribution centres. People desperate to feed their families, shot dead in the chaos and panic that inevitably surrounds these sites.
Israel has created a real version of "the hunger games".
1/
Israel has created a real version of "the hunger games".
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Sam Altman claims an average ChatGPT query uses ‘roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon’ of water
Sam Altman claims an average ChatGPT query uses ‘roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon’ of water
It’s unclear how he arrived at that figure.
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June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sam Altman claims an average ChatGPT query uses ‘roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon’ of water
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Smithsonian asserts authority to make ‘all personnel decisions’ following Trump attempts to fire gallery director.
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Smithsonian asserts authority to make ‘all personnel decisions’ following Trump attempts to fire gallery director
In response to the president’s targeting of National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet, the organisation has issued a strategically broad statement, touting its independence and governance by a boar...
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June 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Smithsonian asserts authority to make ‘all personnel decisions’ following Trump attempts to fire gallery director.
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Now it's verily true that the entire social media environment is dead... So there's no choice but to return here, at least I see some colleagues from classics/archaeology still around here!
June 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Now it's verily true that the entire social media environment is dead... So there's no choice but to return here, at least I see some colleagues from classics/archaeology still around here!
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🏛️ Büyükada Rum Yetimhanesi otel oluyor
👉 Cemaat Vakıfları I. ve II. Dönem Temsilcisi Laki Vingas, ahşap binanın güvenlik ve bakım sorunları nedeniyle geliri olmadan ayakta kalamayacağını belirtti.
🗞️ Tuğçe Yılmaz'ın haberi
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👉 Cemaat Vakıfları I. ve II. Dönem Temsilcisi Laki Vingas, ahşap binanın güvenlik ve bakım sorunları nedeniyle geliri olmadan ayakta kalamayacağını belirtti.
🗞️ Tuğçe Yılmaz'ın haberi
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Büyükada Rum Yetimhanesi otel oluyor
Cemaat Vakıfları I. ve II. Dönem Temsilcisi Laki Vingas, ahşap binanın güvenlik ve bakım sorunları nedeniyle geliri olmadan ayakta kalamayacağını belirtti.
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June 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🏛️ Büyükada Rum Yetimhanesi otel oluyor
👉 Cemaat Vakıfları I. ve II. Dönem Temsilcisi Laki Vingas, ahşap binanın güvenlik ve bakım sorunları nedeniyle geliri olmadan ayakta kalamayacağını belirtti.
🗞️ Tuğçe Yılmaz'ın haberi
buff.ly/1pXoIHy
👉 Cemaat Vakıfları I. ve II. Dönem Temsilcisi Laki Vingas, ahşap binanın güvenlik ve bakım sorunları nedeniyle geliri olmadan ayakta kalamayacağını belirtti.
🗞️ Tuğçe Yılmaz'ın haberi
buff.ly/1pXoIHy
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The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.
one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
April 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.
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Look, the numbers are bad for Tesla, but I think with some hard work and dedication, we can make them worse
April 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Look, the numbers are bad for Tesla, but I think with some hard work and dedication, we can make them worse
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Swedish journalist Joakim Medin faces up to 12 years in prison in Turkey for crimes related to "terrorism", "insulting the president".
"Joakim is not a criminal and definitely not some kind of terrorist,” says the editor-in-chief of his media outlet Dagens ETC.
Free Joakim!
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"Joakim is not a criminal and definitely not some kind of terrorist,” says the editor-in-chief of his media outlet Dagens ETC.
Free Joakim!
www.dn.se/varlden/joak...
Joakim Medin åtalas – riskerar 12 års fängelse
Den svenska journalisten Joakim Medin som sitter fängslad i Turkiet åtalas och riskerar upp till 12 års fängelse för terrorbrott och för…
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April 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin faces up to 12 years in prison in Turkey for crimes related to "terrorism", "insulting the president".
"Joakim is not a criminal and definitely not some kind of terrorist,” says the editor-in-chief of his media outlet Dagens ETC.
Free Joakim!
www.dn.se/varlden/joak...
"Joakim is not a criminal and definitely not some kind of terrorist,” says the editor-in-chief of his media outlet Dagens ETC.
Free Joakim!
www.dn.se/varlden/joak...
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Earthquake in Istanbul: no cat left behind!
A vet who was operating on a cat when a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Istanbul ran out of the clinic with the animal and continued the surgery in the trunk of a car 💖
İstanbul'da bir kediyi ameliyat ettiği sırada depreme yakalanan veteriner, kediyle beraber binadan dışarı çıktı. Ameliyata bir otomobilin bagajında devam etti
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April 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Earthquake in Istanbul: no cat left behind!
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